Depth 4; head 4^-, width 2. Snout acute, shorter than eye; eye 
3 2/3, little less than interorbital; maxillary not reaching front edge 
of eye; upper jaw little shorter than lower; teeth pluriserial, in villi- 
form bands, outer row little enlarged; posterior supraocular groove little 
conspicuous; interorbital little wider than eye. 
Scales 28 in lateral series; 8 transversely between second dorsal 
and anal. Head laterally (and above?) scaled. Scales on trunk ctenoid. 
Dorsal VI - I, 9 or 10, first fin angulate and spines more than 
twice lower than body, and second and third longer than others, soft dorsal 
obtusely rounded and more than double lower than body; anal lower than 
second dorsal but not shorter, with obtuse posterior angle; caudal obtusely 
rounded, not shorter than head without snout; pectoral rays 14, fin 
obtusely rounded; ventral shorter than head without snout rays I, 5• Anal 
papilla oblong, broadly bilobate. 
Body above rose green, paler below. Iris golden green? Broad 
brown band from eye to throat. Dorsal fins black, with median basal and 
subterminal white spot, and rayed fin with 3 white bands ascending obliquely 
forward. Caudal golden rose basally, medially and posteriorly brownish. 
Pectoral rosy, with transverse basal violet band. Ventral and anal rosy, 
latter brownish below. 
Length 40 to 53 mm* (Bleeker.) 
Bali. 
